Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: - March 15, 1994
- Partial application - See Art 167
- April 13, 2009
- Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 167
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- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 July 2017. Ornua Co-operative Limited v Tindale & Stanton Ltd España, SL. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Unitary character — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(1)(b) and (c) — Uniform protection of the right conferred by an EU trade mark against the likelihood of confusion and detriment to reputation — Peaceful coexistence of that mark with a national mark used by a third party in part of the European Union — Absence of peaceful coexistence elsewhere in the European Union — Perception of the average consumer — Differences of perception may exist in different parts of the European Union. Case C-93/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 April 2019. ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH v Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(1) — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 5(1) and (2) — Rights afforded by a trade mark — Individual trade mark consisting of a quality label. Case C-690/17.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 June 2017. W. F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH and Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 9 and 15 — Filing of the cotton flower sign by an association — Registration as an individual trade mark — Licences to use the mark granted to cotton textile manufacturers affiliated with the association — Application for a declaration of invalidity or revocation — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Essential function of indicating origin. Case C-689/15.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 April 2020. Coty Germany GmbH v Amazon Services Europe Sàrl and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9 — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 9 — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Use — Stocking of goods for the purposes of offering them or putting them on the market — Storage with a view to dispatching goods sold in an online marketplace which infringe trade mark rights. Case C-567/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 18 July 2013. Specsavers International Healthcare Ltd and Others v Asda Stores Ltd. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division). Trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 9(1)(b) and (c), 15(1) and 51(1)(a) — Grounds for revocation — Definition of ‘genuine use’ — Trade mark used together with another trade mark or as part of a ‘compound trade mark’ — Colour or combination of colours in which a trade mark is used — Reputation. Case C‑252/12.
- A09P1LB
- A15P1
- A09P1LC
- A51P1LA
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 March 2019. Textilis Ltd and Ozgur Keskin v Svenskt Tenn Aktiebolag. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Concept of ‘shape’ — Shape giving substantial value to the goods — Two-dimensional mark — Figurative mark also constituting a work for the purpose of copyright — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(e)(iii) — Regulation (EU) 2015/2424. Case C-21/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 October 2017. Merck KGaA v Merck & Co. Inc. and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 109(1) — Civil actions on the basis of EU trade marks and national trade marks — Lis pendens — Meaning of ‘same cause of action’ — Use of the name ‘Merck’ on the internet in domain names and on social media platforms — One action based on a national trade mark followed by another based on an EU trade mark — Disclaimer of jurisdiction — Scope. Case C-231/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 February 2016. Youssef Hassan v Breiding Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 23 — Licence — Register of Community trade marks — Right of the licensee to bring proceedings for infringement notwithstanding the fact that the licence has not been entered in the Register. Case C-163/15.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2016. Länsförsäkringar AB v Matek A/S. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(1)(b) — Article 15(1) — Article 51(1)(a) — Extent of the exclusive right granted to the proprietor — Period of five years following registration. Case C-654/15.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 September 2019. AMS Neve Ltd and Others v Heritage Audio SL and Pedro Rodríguez Arribas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 97(5) — Jurisdiction — Infringement proceedings — Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State in which ‘the act of infringement has been committed’ — Advertising and offers for sale displayed on a website and on social media platforms. Case C-172/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020. Husqvarna AB v Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade marks – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 51(1)(a) – Article 55(1) – Revocation of rights in an EU mark – EU mark which has not been put to genuine use within a continuous period of five years – Expiry of the period of five years – Date of assessment. Case C-607/19.
- Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 23 November 2017. Salvador Benjumea Bravo de Laguna v Esteban Torras Ferrazzuolo. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 16 — Trade mark as an object of property — Dealing with EU trade marks as national trade marks — Article 18 — Transfer of a trade mark registered in the name of the agent or representative of the trade mark’s proprietor — National provision allowing the possibility of bringing an action for recovery of ownership of a national trade mark registered in fraud of the owner’s rights or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation — Whether compatible with Regulation No 207/2009. Case C-381/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 July 2018. Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd and Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe BV v Duma Forklifts NV and G.S. International BVBA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 5 — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9 — Trade mark proprietor entitled to oppose the removal by a third party of all the signs identical to that mark and the affixing of new signs on goods identical to those for which that mark has been registered with a view to importing or placing them on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA). Case C-129/17.
- Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 June 2016. Irina Nikolajeva v Multi Protect OÜ. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Harju Maakohus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(3) and Article 102(1) — Obligation on an EU trade mark court to issue an order prohibiting a third party from proceeding with acts of infringement — No application seeking such an order — Concept of ‘special reasons’ for not ordering such a prohibition — Concept of ‘reasonable compensation’ in respect of acts occurring after publication of an application for registration of an EU trade mark and before publication of the registration of the trade mark. Case C-280/15.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 21 February 2013. Fédération Cynologique Internationale v Federación Canina Internacional de Perros de Pura Raza. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante y No 1 de Marca Comunitaria. Community trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(1) — Concept of ‘third party’ — Proprietor of a later Community trade mark. Case C‑561/11.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 May 2018. Junek Europ-Vertrieb GmbH v Lohmann & Rauscher International GmbH & Co. KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Trade mark law — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 13 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel imports — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New labelling — Conditions applicable to medical devices. Case C-642/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 May 2017. Hummel Holding A/S v Nike Inc. and Nike Retail B.V. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 97(1) — International jurisdiction — Action for infringement brought against an undertaking with its seat in a third country — Second-tier subsidiary with its seat in the Member State of the court seised — Definition of ‘establishment’. Case C-617/15.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022. Impexeco NV and PI Pharma NV v Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma NV. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. References for a preliminary ruling – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Free movement of goods – Intellectual property – Trade marks – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 9(2) – Article 13 – Directive 2008/95 – Article 5(1) – Article 7 – Rights conferred by a trade mark – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Parallel imports of medicinal products – Reference medicinal product and generic medicinal product – Economically linked undertakings – Repackaging of the generic medicinal product – New outer packaging – Affixing the trade mark of the reference medicinal product – Opposition by the proprietor of the trade mark – Artificial partitioning of the markets between the Member States. Joined Cases C-253/20 and C-254/20.
- Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 18 January 2024. Hewlett Packard Development Company LP v Senetic Spółka Akcyjna. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of goods – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Intellectual property – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 13 – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15 – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Placing on the market within the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA) – Consent of the proprietor of the trade mark – Place of first marketing of goods by the proprietor of the trade mark or with his consent – Burden of proof. Case C-367/21.
- Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 October 2015. Ford Motor Company v Wheeltrims srl. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Torino. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Designs — Directive 98/71/EC — Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 110 — So-called ‘repair’ clause — Use by a third party of a trade mark, without the consent of the owner, for replacement parts or accessories for motor vehicles identical to the goods for which the trade mark is registered. Case C-500/14.
- Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 October 2017. Hansruedi Raimund v Michaela Aigner. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 96(a) — Infringement proceedings — Article 99(1) — Presumption of validity — Article 100 — Counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity — Relationship between an action for infringement and a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity — Procedural autonomy. Case C-425/16.
- A100P1
- A99P1
- A52P1LB
- A96LA
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 April 2018. Peek & Cloppenburg KG, Hamburg v Peek & Cloppenburg KG, Düsseldorf. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade-mark law — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 14 — Establishment a posteriori of the invalidity or revocation of a trade mark — Date on which the conditions for revocation or invalidity must be met — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 34(2) — Claiming the seniority of an earlier national mark — Effects of that claim on the earlier national mark. Case C-148/17.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 19 December 2012. Leno Merken BV v Hagelkruis Beheer BV. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof ’s-Gravenhage. Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15(1) — ‘Genuine use of the trade mark’ — Territorial scope of use — Use of the Community trade mark in a single Member State — Whether sufficient. Case C‑149/11.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 September 2016. combit Software GmbH v Commit Business Solutions Ltd. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — European Union trade mark — Unitary character — Finding of a likelihood of confusion in respect of only part of the European Union — Territorial scope of the prohibition referred to in Article 102 of that regulation. Case C-223/15.
- Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 June 2015. Loutfi Management Propriété Intellectuelle SARL v AMJ Meatproducts NV and Halalsupply NV. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(1)(b) — Effects — Rights conferred by a Community trade mark — Identical or similar signs — Prohibition of use — Likelihood of confusion — Assessment — Taking into consideration the use of a language other than an official language of the European Union. Case C-147/14.
- Case C-17/24, Ceram Tec: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 11 January 2024 – CeramTec GmbH v CoorStek Bioceramics LLC
- article 7
- article 7 paragraph 1 point (e) point (ii)
- article 52 paragraph 1 point (b)
- article 52
- article 52 paragraph 1 point (a)
- Case C-425/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 1 August 2016 — Hansruedi Raimund v Michaela Aigner
- article 52 paragraph 1 point (b)
- article 99 paragraph 1
- article 96 point (a)
- Case C-689/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 21 December 2015 — W.F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH, Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse
- article 15 paragraph 1
- article 7 paragraph 1 point (g)
- article 52 paragraph 1 point (a)
- article 73 point (c)
- article 9 paragraph 1
- Case C-654/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 7 December 2015 — Länsförsäkringar AB v A/S Matek
- article 9 paragraph 1 point (b)
- Case C-642/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 14 December 2016 — Junek Europ-Vertrieb GmbH v Lohmann & Rauscher International GmbH & Co. KG
- Case C-280/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Harju Maakohus (Estonia) lodged on 10 June 2015 — Irina Nikolajeva v OÜ Multi Protect
- article 9 paragraph 3
- article 102 paragraph 1
- Case C-93/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Alicante, Sección octava (Spain) lodged on 15 February 2016 — The Irish Dairy Board Co-operative Limited v Tindale & Stanton Ltd España, S.L.
- article 9 paragraph 1 point (c)
- article 9 paragraph 1 point (b)
- Case C-617/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 23 November 2015 — Hummel Holding A/S v Nike Inc. and Nike Retail B.V.
- Case C-367/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 14 June 2021 — Hewlett Packard Development Company LP v Senetic Spółka Akcyjna
- Case C-607/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 12 August 2019 — Husqvarna AB v Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG
- article 51 paragraph 1 point (a)
- Case C-231/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 25 April 2016 — Merck KGaA v Merck & Co. Inc. and Others
- article 109 paragraph 1 point (a)
- article 97 paragraph 2
- article 98 paragraph 1 point (a)
- Case C-133/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 11 March 2020 — European Pallet Association eV v PHZ BV
- Case C-567/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 7 September 2018 — Coty Germany GmbH v Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l. and Others
- article 9 paragraph 2 point (b)
- Case C-148/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 24 March 2017 — Peek & Cloppenburg KG v Peek & Cloppenburg KG
- Case C-690/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH v Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG
- article 9 paragraph 1 point (b)
- article 9 paragraph 1 point (c)
- Case C-129/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 13 March 2017 — Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe BV v Duma Forklifts NV, G.S. International BVBA
- Case C-62/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 2 February 2021 — Leinfelder Uhren München GmbH & Co. KG v E. Leinfelder GmbH, TL, SW, WL
- article 56 paragraph 1 point (a)
- Case C-381/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 11 July 2016 — Salvador Benjumea Bravo de Laguna v Esteban Torras Ferrazzuolo
- Case C-466/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 25 September 2020 — HEITEC AG v HEITECH Promotion GmbH and RW
- article 111 paragraph 2
- article 54 paragraph 2
- article 54 paragraph 1
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Six - General and final provisions Article 308
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Intellectual property law
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- EU trade mark
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- Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
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